Publication

1997 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

77,500 words, Guess

Page Count

310 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivemarker00cauf
  • ISBN-100312155832
  • ISBN-139780312155834
  • LibraryThing1677712
  • Library of Congress Control Number97009111
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3553.A938 M37 1997
  • LCCPS3553.A938M37 1997

Description

True crime writer Cauffiel (Eye of the Beholder, LJ 7/94) enters the fictional territory of Elmore Leonard and Jack Higgins with his latest. Detroit judge Nelson Conner jeopardizes family and livelihood with high-risk actions: drinking to excess, occasional drug use, gambling, and helping Ozzie (a college pal and drug supplier) with a possessions charge. Ozzie owes Lawrence Gary, a newly freed convict who prefers planning elaborate crimes to legitimately employing his considerable photographic skills. Then Gary's slow-witted and violent partner, Torino Dentz, kills Ozzie, and they frame Connor. Discovering and dumping the body in a drugged and drunken daze, Connor is scared straight into a shaky recovery. While Gary tries to extort money from him, first with incriminating photographs and then by kidnapping his wife, Connor must remain sober. Moving via vignettes, the book reaches a denouement at the Labor Day Mackinaw Bridge walk. From: Library Journal

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  • MarkerSt. Martin's Press1997-01-01

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